German crime statistics: false blame on migrants?
Is it true that the crime rate in Germany is higher among immigrants? Statistics suggest as much, but numbers by themselves can be misleading. An expert explains what's behind them.
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Farmhands needed: Morocco's changing role in migration
For years, Morocco has been a transit country for migrants — mostly from sub-Saharan Africa — hoping to reach Europe. But that is now changing, as more and more people are choosing to stay in the North African nation for longer peri1
UK: Allegations that some are exploiting the asylum policy meant to protect LGBTIQ+ people
A recent BBC undercover investigation claims to have found an underground market of unregulated law firms, lawyers, and immigration advisors targeting migrants and instructing them how to make fake gay claims in order to seek asylum1
France: Authorities accused of seizing phones of unaccompanied minors in north of country
At the beginning of March, the Utopia 56 association criticized the seizure by the French state of the phones of unaccompanied minors who request accommodation. The organization states that many young migrants now prefer to stay on1
ECJ issues rulings interpreted to be in favor of outsourcing asylum procedures
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Luxembourg has issued a series of rulings that would appear to strengthen the EU's position on seeking to outsource asylum procedures to third countries, even though they were issued in a speci1